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Rhode Island Medical News
Newsletter of the Rhode Island Medical Society

Medicine & Health Rhode Island
The monthly journal of RIMS, published in cooperation with the Brown University School of Medicine, the Rhode Island Department of Health, Rhode Island Quality Partners, and the Rhode Island Chapter of the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine.

Brown University Library privileges
Members and employees of RIMS are entitled to full borrowing privileges for the entire Brown University library system. This entitlement results from the agreement under which RIMS gifted its medical library collection to Brown in 1987.
RIMS Library

Continuing Medical Education
RIMS is recognized by the American Council for Continuing Medical Education as the accrediting agency in Rhode Island for hospital CME programs. The accreditation function is performed by the RIMS CME Committee, chaired by Patrick J. Sweeney, MD, PhD, MPH.
CME

Collection services from IC System
I.C. System delivers effective and ethical solutions for collecting debts and improving cash flow. RIMS members receive special pricing for I.C. System’s services, the only collection services formally approved for members. The program has been offered since 1987, and participating members have recovered over two million dollars. For more information call
1-800-279-3511 or visit:
www.icmemberbenefits.com
Watch a short video about I.C. System at: 
www.icsystem.com/hc/rims

Referrals
RIMS maintains the largest and most comprehensive physician referral database in the state and uses it to respond to hundreds of inquiries from members of the public each year. Only RIMS members are included in our referral database.

Webster Bank medical banking package
Webster offers RIMS members an exclusive package of discounted interest rates on loans and lines, and financing products targeted to the needs of medical practices. Contact Lisa Staley, Vice President, Medical Financial Services Group at 401-421-1548 or lstaley@websterbank.com.

Distinctive listing in Folio's Medical Directory
Members of RIMS are distinguished by a prominent symbol next to their listing in the annual Connecticut-Rhode Island edition of Folio's Medical Directory. Folio Associates of Hyannis Massachusetts publishes widely used, high-quality, comprehensive directories of physicians in New England, New York, New Jersey and Ohio.

Insurance services
Preferential insurance services for professional liability, business owner's coverage, life, health and disability and other insurance needs through the RIMS Insurance Brokerage Corporation in cooperation with The Good Neighbor Alliance Corporation.
www.goodneighborall.com

Benevolence Fund
A special fund within the RIMS Foundation is available for the assistance of members who find themselves in special need. The Benevolence Fund is governed by its own set of two Trustees. Current Trustees are Dr. Daniel Moore and Dr. Frank Sullivan.

Free websites for medical practices
Through an agreement with Medem™, RIMS offers members the opportunity to activate and customize an extensive professional practice website that includes flexible options for secure messaging and an extensive library of peer reviewed current literature for patients.
www.medem.com

Discounts on Solion office products
RIMS members receive preferential prices on Solion's comprehensive array of products that are designed to meet the specialized organizational, promotional and printing needs of medical practices.

Discounts on College Advising Services
College Advisors Group offers a 20% discount to RIMS members and their staff. Services include financial aid planning, and career and education planning. View flyer
www.collegeadvisors.group

Representation, advocacy, and opportunities
RIMS' resources are focused on supporting physicians in their efforts to serve patients, succeed in their medical practices, and in other ways realize their professional potential and achieve their personal goals. Often RIMS can provide answers, identify resources, facilitate contacts, or help individual physicians get prompt attention to a broad variety of problems.

RIMS works daily on behalf of all physicians to advocate for fair treatment and sound policies in all branches of state and federal government, in many governmental agencies, with the insurance industry, the media, and the community at large.

Through its own structures as well as through its appointive authority to numerous boards, commissions, advisory panels and other bodies, RIMS offers many opportunities to lead and to serve the profession and the community locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.